a lot of people would say his speech patterns are different because he is different, he has asperger's. now, with an unsolved murder in the family's past, and a new strike just nathan just this week -- >> and it's not good news for nathan. >> they want to explore whether or not you sank the boat on purpose. >> we're done here this evening. >> good evening. i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. as we come on the air, breaking news, this is a story out of to movies. rescued at sea after floating for a week. but a major new twist. >> an insurance company is saying the boat sank due to intentional acts. let us know what you think on facebook and twitter. how linzie janis got this exclusive is a story all in its own. >> reporter: my name is devin. i work the overnight shift at abc news. on the night of september 26th, i saw that one of the affiliate reporters had tweeted about someone who had been rescued at sea. i sent it around, but, you know, of course we didn't have too many of the details besides that he had been found. >> he was found in a life raft, with a life jacket on. he w

i have one chapter title called asperger's chic, which i mean as a complement.as at a conference when peter thiel was asked if he thinks there is an asperger's spectrum. he said, not really, it is sort of a term that people give that excludes -- that people from the east coast give to people they can't understand. i think he was not completely serious, but it is sort of an interesting -- people were so focused on their one idea that they were awkward talking about other things because they were not that interested. brian: they would hire somebody who stutters over somebody who doesn't, similar to what you are saying. is that really true? alexandra: they would be skeptical toward people who are really smooth and great at a cocktail party, because that is not their job. their job would be to code or come up with some crazy idea. brian: what is the business about failing? it is a positive accomplishment if you fail? alexandra: failing is the currency. on the east coast, you would say, we know each other from andover. there, they would say, we know each other from f

nathan has been diagnosed with asperger's syndrome, which is on the autism spectrum.t's associated with social awkwardness and flat, measured speech patterns. let's begin if we could with the fishing trip. as we talk, it's clear. the conversation will be a fragmented account with plenty of blank spaces. >> i'm not going to go into that now. i'm not going to answer that. i'm not going to go there. >> reporter: but nathan is able to provide more details about that ordeal at sea. >> my mom and i fished very frequently together. that's the primary thing that we did to spend time with one another. >> reporter: nathan is from a wealthy new england family. his mother linda a nurse who worked with autism patients, loved fishing with her son. he says that on september 17th of last year, just before midnight, he and his mom set out on that fateful trip aboard his 31-foot fishing boat named "the chicken pox." >> i have experience boating. i have experience fishing. i did not have experience offshore fishing. >> reporter: even so, the two of them go 75 miles farther than usual, t

in 2008, one theorized he might have asperger's syndrome. rich edson here with more. >> given what the officials have been saying about russia, vice president mike pence, rex tillerson, secretary of defense mattises a have warned about ru and to try to reduce the violence in eastern ukraine. that haves will advised that the united states stands behind nato. there's members of both parties of congress that are pushing the trump administration not to relax any sanctions against russia. now there's reports that the kremlin is ording state-run media to curtail their praise of trump because they're concerned he won't be as friendly against russia as first thought. >> shepard: now the russians say the old world order is collapsing. >> yes. you're hearing statements from around the world and a number of forums. this comes from the long-time russian diplomat, current foreign minister. he says the post world war ii order is falling. >> the whole history stage that can be called "post cold war order" has come to an end. we're convinced the main result

. >> he says he has aspergers syndrome. as a segregated inmate, anytime he's moved he must be shackled and escorted by two deputies. but now officials have decided to add another layer of security. >> he is just a constant management issue. and now he's going to be hang cuffed so that he can't reach out and grab anything as we're walking. so that was kind of a new thing for him. as he evolves what with ehe's doing, we evolve with the restrictions to kind of keep up with that. >> first-time inmate pierre washington has considerably more privileges within the jail. today he is in the law library preparing for a preliminary hearing on his upcoming murder trial. though he pled not guilty he admits shooting his wife to death. >> just doing some research. just getting familiar with the laws and statutes of the state and seeing what options i'm going to have. >> his family determined they could not afford to retain private defense attorney sara swain. >> for a case such as mine, attorneys aren't cheap. so i just went ahead and app

. >>> now to the day in court for the mexican drug lord known as elle asperger's chan especially. his lawyers complaining to the judge that his 23-hour lockdown in manhattan's high security metropolitan correctional center is too strict and abc's eva pilgrim has more. >> reporter: this morning, a glimpse into drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman's life inside an american jail. guzman wearing a navy jumpsuit sat silent as his attorney spoke in court friday. public defenders for the world's most notorious drug boss complaining that the restrictions don't even allow guzman to get a glass of water. >> the restrictions are excessive. >> reporter: el chapo is on lockdown 23 hours a day given one hour as an exercise break and only allowed a select team of defense attorneys as visitors. >> he needs to be able to meet with his family or at least speak to his family and confer with them. >> reporter: the judge's response, they're taking extra security measures. i think we all know the reasons for that. the head of the sinaloa drug cartel escaping prison multiple times most recently tunneling

> researchers at mit have developed a smart watch app for those suffering from social anxiety or aspergersdrome. it detects the tone of conversation and let's the wearer known the mood of speaker. this is for people who suffer from social anxiety. the app was tested using a iphone 5s. it detected emotion with 83% accuracy. it is in development, and not yet on the market. that's a look at technically speaking. sports is next. welcome back, we're taking a live look via, sky6 live hd philadelphia international airport. 9:53, 34 degrees, should not have any travel trouble today considering the weather. you should be good to go and come from your super bowl parties, high of 47 degrees. destiny day for the patriots and falcons is here they are squaring off in the super bowl. >> indeed they are, and two former eagles are finding out if they are going into the hall of fame. >> reporter: brian dawkins was so emotional he would scream after making big plays. eagles fans showing the same emotion after the former eagle end receiver and terrell owen failed to get voted into the hall of fame. other awar

nathan who has been diagnosed with asperger's syndrome pleads for privacy. >> my request is just to belly. >> reporter: but then he decides to grant us an exclusive interview. he insists his mother's disappearance was an accident. >> i did not see or hear my mom. >> reporter: he says their boat was taking on water and it sank so fast he her. >> i love my mother, present tense. i love my mother. >> reporter: police are not convinced. his mother was worth millions and he's her sole heir. they executed a search want on nathan's home looking for evidence of reckless endangerment. boat owner mike iozzi told us and police that he saw nathan hours before the trip doing something highly suspicious. >> it caught my eye when i saw him leaning over the back and drilling a hole, two holes in the transom of the boat. >> reporter: as we discuss the allegations he reaches his breaking point. >> all i can say is what happened. i can't -- if other people want to -- >> i'm just asking you to defend yourself against these people who are saying you did something to your boat that would make it sink. >> th

he was diagnosed with asperger's syndrome and a bone cyst, a hollow bone that affects one in four children. this year we were able to purchase our lifelong dream of family farming, 18 perfect acres of peace and promise. this summer, we endured a medical ordeal we could never have imagined. my son broke his arm due to the cyst for the fourth time in less than three years. and we were finally approved for surgery to place a titanium rod through the cyst that would prevent further breaks. on july 26, the surgery was successfully completed, and the next day we were released with instructions on pain management and to not remove the surgical bandages for three days. on july 30, we removed the bandages to find a hot, swollen bright red nightmare. we were readmitted to the hospital. i wasn't truly afraid until i saw the face of the same nurse who discharged us that night, she was fighting back tears. over the next three days, there were two additional surgeries on my son, including a pik line, and after six days we were released to home health care. suddenly i had a health care provider. every ei